Latch.



F. C. ALTMANN.

LATCH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 26, 1913.

1,074,340. Patgnted Sept. 30,1913.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. I

FRANK C. ALTMANN, OF NEW HAVEN. CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE ENGLISH & MERSICK 00., OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

LATCH.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Sept. 30,1913.

To all whom it may concern 2' Be it known that I, FRANK C. ALTMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Haven, in thelcounty of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Latches; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawin s and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawings constitute part of this application, and represent, in-

Figure l a face view of a latch constructed in accordance with my invention and shown as attached to a door. Fig. 2 a similar view indicating the arrangement of operating handle out of line with the latch.

Fig. 3 an inner face view of the lever for operatin the latch. Fig. 4 an inside view of the Fatch shown with the bolt in its thrown position.

the bolt retracted.

This invention relates to an im rovement in latches and particularly to late es for vehicle doors.

The object of this invention is to providea latch the bolt of which may be easily moved and in which the operating handle may be located at any convenient point; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and recited in the claim.

In carrying out my invention I employ a latch case 2 carrying a horizontally movable latch bolt 3 the nose 4 of which projects beyond the face plate 5 in the usual manner. This latch bolt is normally thrown forward Fig. 5 a similar view with particularly handle may be connected with a cam 15 which will'move the chain and the chain may extend directly from the cam down-.

ward to the wedge 7, or it may be passed over one or more pulleys or rollers 16 so that the operating handle may be located at any convenient pointon the door. If desired, the bolt may also be provided with an upwardly extending bowed arm 17 to be acted upon by a roll-back 18 having a hub 19 which may be turned by the usual knob spindle.

I claim A latch comprisin a horizontally mov able bolt, a verticalFy movable wedge coacting with the boltwhereby the upward movement of the wedge will retract the bolt, an operating handle, and a flexible connection between the operating handle and wedge.

' In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribmg witnesses.

I F ANK o. ALTMANN.

I Witnesses F. J. LmsLEY, WILLIAM BRYAN. 

